Cigarette extinguisher and ash tray



May 25, 1943.

H. M. HAWKINS 2,319,861 CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND ASH TRAY Filed July29, 1941 Patented May 25 I943;

, 2,319,861 CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER AND ASH TRAY Hoke Monroe Hawkins, LosAlamos, Califi, assignor of one-third to George M. Scott, one-tenth toDante Acquistapace, both of Santa Maria, Calif.; and five per cent toSuzanne E. Careaga,

Los Alamos, Calif.

Application July 29, 1941, Serial No. 404,449

Claims. (01. 131-237) This invention relates to cigarette extinguishersand ash trays and particularly to such a device adapted to extinguishthe cigarette completely and to prevent any possible smoking orsmoldering of the extinguished cigarette. It is common experience thatmany cigarette smokers will fail to completely extinguish a cigaretteor, if the cigarette stub itself is extinguished, it will be left incontact with a severed live ash from the cigarette so that smolderingand smoking of the cigarette stub continues in the ash tray. Variousdevices have been suggested for solving this problem but these deviceshave not met with acceptance by the public for the reason of theircomplicated structure or for the reason that they require a plurality ofmotions by the cigarette smoker to accomplish their purpose.

Accordingly, it is one object of this invention to provide a deviceadapted to completely extinguish the cigarette and to further preventany reignition of the cigarette stub by a severed ash or coal and toaccomplish these ends with a minimum of action required on behalf of thesmoker.

It is a, further object of this invention to devise a device of the typedescribed which in simple, positive and economical in construction.

Further objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view partly in section of a device embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section similar to Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I have shown my cigaretteextinguisher and ash tray as including a casing l0 composed of a base Itand upstanding walls [2. As illustrated, the casing I0 is egg-shaped butit will be readily understood that the device may be made in anysuitable shape, such as rectangular or the like. A cover plate 13 ismounted upon the casing It. The cover plate is provided with a largeaperture l4 and a smaller aperture I5, as illustrated. A rod [6 ismounted in the casing ID as in holes or bearings ll. A pair of bars [8are crimped about the rod l6 for pivotal rotation thereon as shown atl9. A plate 20, having an aperture 2|, is secured to the two bars l8 anda flanged mouth 22 having an inwardly projecting shoulder or ledge 22 issecured to the plate 20. A pin 23 may be secured to one of the walls I2of the casing ID to lie within a limit slot 24 formed by a U shapedmember 25 attached to the plate 20.

Provided within the casing I0 is an upstanding partition 25. Byreferenceto Fig. 1 it'will be noted that said partition 26 does not extendentirely across the inside of the casing l0. Secured to the bottom ll ofthe casing l0 are a pair of upstanding ears 2?. A shaft 28 is pivotallymounted in said ears and upwardly bent to form arms 29 which in turn areinwardly bent to form stubs 30. A coil spring H is mounted about theshaft 28 so as to yieldably urge said arms 29 and stubs 3i] upwardly.Mounted upon the stubs 36 for rotation thereon I have provided a roller32. The cover plate [3 may be provided with any number of suitable restsfor the deposit of still ignited cigarettes or cigars.

The operation of the device is as follows:

When it is desired to extinguish a cigarette, the cigarette shown at 33is placed in the flanged mouth 22 and is pressed downward. The bars l8pivotally mounted upon the rod It will be depressed to the limitpermitted by the limit slot 24. During said depression the roller 32carried by the stubs 39 will pass across the open end of the aperture 2|and will sever from the cigarette the glowing coal 34. In addition tosevering the glowing coal 34 the roller 32 will crush the end of thecigarette and extinquish any fire which may remain thereon. Thecigarette will be prevented from passing beyond the position shown inFig. 1 by the shoulder 22 Subsequent to this operation, the user merelydrops the cigarette butt 33 through the opening l4 into the compartmentshown upon the left side of the partition 26 in the drawing. Under theaction of the spring 3! the arms 29 and roller 32 will force the bars i8carrying the plate 20 back into contact with the cover plate I3. Inorder to insure contact of the roller 32 with the plate 26 during theentire operation, I prefer to place the arms 29 under spring tension, asshown in Fig. 2, and it will be appreciated that during the depressionof the plate 20 the arms 29 will tend to straighten out as is shown inFig. 3, as the increased force stored in said arms becomes sufiicient toovercome the friction of the plate 20 thus allowing roller 32 to slidefreely and fully extend the arms 29.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that, when a cigarette isextinguished as above described, the glowing coal 34 will be severed andcontained within the casing in the compartment to the right of thepartition 26 while the cigarette stub 33 will be stored in thecompartment upon the left of the partition 26, thereby securelypreventing any reignition of the stub by the glowing coal 34 and theglowing coal 34 will shortly extinguish, thereby preventing any smokingor smoldering. It will also be noted that in extinguishing the cigaretteit is only necessary for the operator to place the cigarette in theflanged mouth 22 and press it downwardly. No other operation. isnecessary and it" only remains to simply drop'the cigarette-stub throughthe opening it.

While the particular forms of the invention herein described are welladapted to carry out the objects of the invention, ifi'is to beunderstood that various modifications an-dchanges may be made withoutdeparting from theprlnciples of the invention, and't'he inventionincludes all such modifications and changes as come within the scope'ofthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a cigarette extinguisher the combination of a casing, a platemounted in said casing and adapted to be pivoted downwardly, an openmouth in saidplate for receiving the lighted end of acigarette, a pairof arms pivotallyv mounted in said: casing, a roller carried bysaidarms, springfmeans yieldably urging sa id roller into contact. withsaidplate, said roller being adapted upon downward movement of said plate tomove across said mouth to sever the lighted coal from said cigarette.

2. In a cigarette extinguisher the combination of a casing, a platemounted in said casing and adapted to be pivoted downwardly, an openmouth in said' plate for receiving the lighted end of a. cigarette, apair of arms pivotally mounted in said casing, a roller carried by saidarms, springs means yieldably urg ing said roller into contaotwith'saidplate, said roller being adapted upon downward movement of saidplate to move across said mouth to sever the lighted coal from saidcigarette, and spring means yieldably. urging saidplate towardshorizontal position.

3'. nits cigarette extinguisher the combination of a casing, a platemounted in said casing and adapted to be pivoted downwardly, an openmouth in said plate for receiving the lighted end of a cigarette, a pairof arms pivotally mounted in said casing, a roller carried by said arms,spring means yieldably urging said roller into contact with said plateand said plate towards horizontal position, said roller being adaptedupon downward movement of said plate to move across said mouth to severthe lighted coal from said cigarette,;and means limiting said downwardmovement of said plate.

4. In a cigarette extinguisher the combination of a casing, a partitiondividing said casing into two compartments, a cover, a plate pivotallymounted beneath said cover, a hole in said cover, an open flanged mouthin said plate in line with said hole, a pair of arms pivotally mountedin said casing beneath said plate, a roller upon said arms, spring meansyieldably urging said roller into contact with said plate and said platetowards horizontal position, said roller being adapt ed to move. acrosssaid open'mouth upon downward pivotal movement of said plate, and severthe lighted coal from said cigarette. 1

5. In a cigarette extinguisher the combination of a casing, apartitiondividingsaid casing into two compartments, a cover, a platepivotally mounted beneath said cover, a hole insaid cover, anopenflanged mouth in said plate inline with said hole, a pair of armspivotally mounted in said casing beneath said plate, aroller upon saidarms, spring means yieldably urging saidroller into contact with saidplate "and said plate towards horizontal. position, said. roller beingadapted to move across said. open mouth upon downward. pivotal: movementof said plate, and sever the lightedcoal from said cigarette, said firstmentionedv hole communicating with one of said "compartments and. a.second. hole communicating with the. other of said compartments.

HOKE MONROE HAWKINS.

